So... I am going to college next year after a 3 year break from highschool. Since 2004 I have been working in a bookstore and video game store (Chapters and EB), both part-time, and somewhere along the way I have realized I really want to review games, and edit novels, and maybe even write novels someday.  Oh, and I also want to be a journalist, which I guess kinda ties in with the 3 aforementioned careers.  Anyways, I am going to college in September to major in journalism, and after my first year I hope to do a student exchange to either the United States, China, Japan or Australia...  I'm keeping my options open.

But damn! School is so expensive!  I'm not even going to a "great" college so to speak, its pretty average, and it was $3,000 for a semester plus another $1,500 - $2,000 for books and equipment (one of my classes is photo journalism, which requires you to have a specific camera with different lenses, all of which costs a minimum of $799).  Its crazy though, because I don't even care, I am just stoked to start school, which sounds weird cause in high school I definitely sat at the back of the class and talked through all my lessons... But college will be different somehow!  I won't sit at the back, for one, and it's my money I am using to pay for it, so I have a feeling I'll be a lot more motivated to do well...

Well thats it!  Random blogs, about a pretty uninteresting life, for the win!

What I would recommend while you're in college is to look into a magazine writing and editing course.  They offer them, they're usually non-credit, but they help a TON if you plan on reviewing games.  Also it looks great on a resume when you're looking for freelance work.

Awesome, thanks man! I will be writing for the school paper as well, but I will definitely see if that course is available!